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<p>[QUOTE="RickieB, post: 676735, member: 2486"]This is really not a Star note. The Star for this and many other large size notes is simply the suffix or ending symbol of a serial number.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Star Notes (replacement notes) were not implemented until ~1910 or so. Here is the link... <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t45123/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t45123/">http://www.cointalk.com/t45123/</a></u></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another note that the SN is ended with a suffix star.....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/1-1891-Front003.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Read up on it if you get the chance...The Series 1869 Rainbow Notes exis in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500,and $1000</p><p><br /></p><p><i>In 2005 a Gem example of the $100 was sold for ~ $212,000</i></p><p><i>The Portrait of Lincoln on this note was engraved by Charles Burt from a photograph by Anthony Berger. On the right side of the $100 Rainbow is a Vignette Titled "Reconstruction" engraved by Louis Delnoce.</i>RickieB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What I really like about my $2 note is that the Red Spiked Seal shows a special Seal serial number of (13) which is a significant number in U.S. History...just as in the fed seal above the key, 13 stars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RickieB, post: 676735, member: 2486"]This is really not a Star note. The Star for this and many other large size notes is simply the suffix or ending symbol of a serial number. [U]Star Notes (replacement notes) were not implemented until ~1910 or so. Here is the link... [url]http://www.cointalk.com/t45123/[/url][/U] Here is another note that the SN is ended with a suffix star..... [IMG]http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/1-1891-Front003.jpg[/IMG] Read up on it if you get the chance...The Series 1869 Rainbow Notes exis in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500,and $1000 [I]In 2005 a Gem example of the $100 was sold for ~ $212,000 The Portrait of Lincoln on this note was engraved by Charles Burt from a photograph by Anthony Berger. On the right side of the $100 Rainbow is a Vignette Titled "Reconstruction" engraved by Louis Delnoce.[/I]RickieB What I really like about my $2 note is that the Red Spiked Seal shows a special Seal serial number of (13) which is a significant number in U.S. History...just as in the fed seal above the key, 13 stars.[/QUOTE]
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